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OverviewThe Testing of Barbara Pym, a companion volume to The Making of Barbara Pym (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), completes a comprehensive analysis of Pym’s novels and her life, focusing on her complex view of the necessity of change at both the individual and cultural levels. Newly published archival material supports this treatment of Pym’s vision of a changing world – a vision premised upon the principle of continuity, a linking together of past, present, and future. In her novels published from 1955-1980, beginning with Britain’s emergence from post-war austerity, Pym portrays, in an optimistic fashion, several changing aspects of British culture: expansion of the suburbs, acceptance of homosexual men, erosion of the class system, inclusivity in the Anglican Church. But with these changes, new strains emerge as well; the principle of continuity undergoes radical testing and is then emphatically reasserted. Likewise, despite upheavals to established patterns in herlife, chiefly the inability to publish her work, Pym persisted in cultivating such elements of continuity as she could, an effort rewarded, while she was in rural retirement, by a return to the publishing world. Thus, in both Pym’s novels and her life, continuity survives the duress of testing circumstances. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily StockardPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2023 Weight: 0.462kg ISBN: 9783031396663ISBN 10: 3031396669 Pages: 237 Publication Date: 24 October 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Less Than Angels: Discontents, Detachment, and Discontinuities Chapter 3: A Glass of Blessings: Crossing the Boundaries Between Elegance and Excellence Chapter 4: No Fond Return of Love: Unlikely Continuities Chapter 5: Struggle for Continuity During the “Wilderness Years” (1963-1977) Chapter 6: An Unsuitable Attachment: A Redefinition Chapter 7: The Sweet Dove Died: Discontinued Friendships and the Arrested Life Chapter 8: Life Goes On: Continued Sustenance Chapter 9: Strands of Change and Quartet in Autumn: The Limits of Continuity Chapter 10: Continuity Regained: Village Life and Rediscovery Chapter 11: A Few Green Leaves: Looking to the Future Chapter 12: Epilogue: Last RespectsReviewsAuthor InformationEmily Stockard is Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University, USA, and author of The Making of Barbara Pym: Oxford, the War Years, and Post-war Austerity (2021). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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